This book is essential for: personal injury and insurance defence and plaintiff lawyers.

Current to: February 1, 2010 

If you are lawyer bringing or defending an action arising from a motor vehicle accident in BC, then this extensive practice manual is a "must have"!  Prepared by leading practitioners of the BC bar and reviewed by an expert editorial board, this comprehensive guide covers all important topics that may arise in an action from starting a claim to obtaining judgment. Arm yourself with the information critical to a successful MVA claim.
Subscriptions include online access with search capability and links to the full text of case law and legislation, updates each spring, and forms, precedents, and checklists on CD-ROM.

Highlights of the 2010 update

• references throughout the chapters to the Supreme Court Civil Rules that take effect on July 1, 2010
  
• select Supreme Court Civil Rules forms in the book and on disk
  
• hundreds of recent decisions on many topics, including offers to settle, deduction of WCB benefits from damage awards, discovery and the implied undertaking of confidentiality, disclosure of information from Facebook, structured judgments, damages, and contributory negligence in pedestrian accidents
• a thoroughly re-written chapter on settlements for minors

CLEBC Legal Editor
Laura C. Selby      
lselby@cle.bc.ca

CONTENTS
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Overview: Insurance (Vehicle) Act and Regulation
Table of Concordance

Forms and Precedents
I.     Preliminary Matters
II.    Commencing an Action
III.   Workers' Compensation
IV.   The Discovery Process
V.     Part 7 Benefits
VI.    Unidentified Motorists
VII.   Own Damage
VIII.  Mediation and Alternative Trial Procedures
IX.    "Has Been Deleted"
X.     Family Compensation Claims
XI.    Infant Settlements
XII.   Structured Settlements and Judgments
XIII.  Recovery and Subrogation

Checklists

Limitation Periods

Tables

Features

• complete set of forms and precedents
• checklists
• regular updates
• tables of cases, statutes and references
• comprehensive index
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
Guy P. Brown — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Sandra M. Katalinic — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
William T. Morley, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Alison L. Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Donald W. Yule, QC — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver

Ian D. Aikenhead, QC — Aikenhead Moscovich & Jones, Vancouver
Guy P. Brown — Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
Robert C. Brun, QC — Harris & Brun, Vancouver
Matthew F. Bujar — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Daniel F. Corrin — Webster and Associates, Richmond
Laurel M. Courtenay — WorkSafeBC, Richmond
Robert A. Easton — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver
Steven H. Heringa — Paine Edmonds LLP, Vancouver
Jonathan Hodes — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Christopher J. Hope — Lindsay Kenney LLP, Vancouver
J. Derek James — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
Karen E. Jamieson — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Sandra M. Katalinic — Quinlan Abrioux, Vancouver
Julie K. Lamb — Guild Yule LLP, Vancouver
Jason McDaniel — ICBC Corporate Law Department, North Vancouver
William T. Morley, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Alison L. Murray, QC — Murray Jamieson, Vancouver
Greg M. Nielsen — Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, Vancouver
Vincent R.K. Orchard, QC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver